Open Call
Open Calls for Curators and Artists 2025
ARTISTS:
Open Call for artists in Partnership with OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway. Please apply here. DEADLINE: April 22.
This Open Call is funded by Kulturrådet/the Arts Council and OCA.
Location: Velferde Sokndals Scene for Samtidskunst in Dalane and Stavanger city.
Jury consists of Ruben Steinum, director of OCA / Maiken Stene, founder and director of Velferden and Tanja Sæter founder and director of Coast Contemporary.
Eligibility: The Open Call is for artists based in Norway or Norwegian artists based abroad.
CURATORS:
C-E-A FRANCE – Our Open Call in collaboration with C-E-A / French Curators Association is now open. Please apply trough CEA in France. DEADLINE: April 27.
Le partenariat initié en 2019 entre C-E-A et Coast Contemporary permet chaque année à des commissaires membres et à jour de leur cotisation, intéressé·e·s par la scène artistique norvégienne, de participer à un programme de rencontres et de visites dans plusieurs villes de Norvège. En 2025, le programme est prévu du 15 au 21 septembre 2025 à Velferden et Stavanger.
Date limite de dépôt des candidatures : Dimanche 27 avril 2025 inclus. Veuillez envoyer à : chloe.maury@c-e-a.asso.fr
ICI – Independent Curators International
EUROPE: Open Call with ICI – Independent Curators International in the USA is now open and can be applied for trough ICI. DEADLINE: May 10.
Eligibility: This opportunity is available to curators and arts workers based in Europe. Curators working independently or with institutional affiliations may apply.
Applications: Applications should be sent by email to Zoe Dobuler, Senior Programs Coordinator, at zoe@curatorsintl.org by May 10, 2025.
Please note that you can also apply for attendance as curator or art critic by getting in touch on office@coastcontemporary.no if you are not a member of ICI or C-E-A.
Open Call Partners
ICI – USA & Global (curators)
C-E-A – France (curators)
OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway (for artists only)
ARCHIVE:
ICI Independent Curators International
USA & INTERNATIONAL
Call for Applications: 2024 Coast Contemporary Research Journey & Assembly
Archive text from 2024:
For details and information please see the ICI website.
Questions can be sent to zoe@curatorsintl.org or office@coastcontemporary.no
Travel, accommodation and food will be covered by the Consulate General in New York, Bergen Municipality and Coast Contemporary.
This is the second Open Call with our dear partners ICI and the Consulate General in New York / The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
FRANCE
OPEN CALL FOR FRANCE AND C-E-A The French Curators Association MEMBERS
For details and information please see the C-E-A website.
Please send application material directly to C-E-A on this address:
chloe.maury@c-e-a.asso.fr
Please note that you must be based in France and be a member of C-E-A to apply for the French Open Call.
This is our sixth Open Call in collaboration with our dear partners C-E-A and the Norwegian Embassy in Paris / The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Travel, accommodation and food will be covered by the Norwegian Embassy in Paris and Coast Contemporary.
Other participation opportunities
We work with several countries. If you are a curator or an art critic interested in discovering artists and institutions based in Norway and Sápmi there is also the possibility of participating by reaching out to us directly by sending us an e-mail on office@coastcontemporary.no
Researching?
If you are interested in artists or institutions based in Norway and Sápmi we would love to hear from you and be more than happy to send you links and information on how to continue the search online.
JURY MEMBERS / USA
Timotheus Vermeulen (NL), professor in media, culture and society at the University of Oslo and co-founder of Notes on Metamodernism and a regular contributor to frieze magazine.
Kenneth Varpe, artist, Artist Union worker and in charge of all digital presentations during Coast Contemporary.
Ariana Tiziani, Art and Culture Advisor, Royal Norwegian Consulate General New York.
Tanja Sæter, founder of Coast Contemporary.
JURY MEMBERS / FRANCE
Timotheus Vermeulen (NL), professor in media, culture and society at the University of Oslo and co-founder of Notes on Metamodernism and a regular contributor to frieze magazine.
Kenneth Varpe, artist, Artist Union worker and in charge of all digital presentations during Coast Contemporary.
Jenny B. Gulliksen, Art and Culture Advisor, Chargée de projets – Culture & Communication, Ambassade Royale de Norvège, Paris.
Tanja Sæter, founder of Coast Contemporary.